Autocracy. That has people around the world much more exercised than in washington, where it seems like this is just another political game. Its another government shutdown, or another fight over the debt ceiling. Know, if we dont deliver this money to ukraine, they will lose territory. They will lose people. They will lose momentum on the front line of the biggest War In Europe since world war ii. And our politics cant seem to process that. Its a real statement of priorities on behalf of the United States of america. Thank you so much for your time and thoughts tonight, really appreciate it. That is our show for the evening, now its time for last word with lauren, good evening, lawrence. At evening, alex. I was listening to discussion and i have some concerns about the way we use the word strongman, because i fear it can sound just too good to too many voters who think, well isnt the president of the United States supposed to be a strong man . Its a term weve been using for decades in
Georgia, he met Misty Hampton, and somehow got her number and went back to the white house with it. And that was someone that they were on the phone with very quickly after that, obviously trying to get access to the Voting Software and Coffee County. When meadows went on to georgia, the Misty Hampton Coffee County story is interesting, just to remind folks of that story. Which cnn broke yesterday. And caitlin, you will jump in if i get any of this wrong. But it seems as though Coffee County Election Officials invited Trump Campaign officials to basically have access to their Voting Machines. Which according to prosecutors who is not illegal, is that right . Yes, it is not illegal. And she is somebody who basically had written this statement in and all of our colleagues are people who broke this fascinating story. But she had basically written the invitation to come and view the software, which they are not allowed to do. Those are messages that were then transmitted to Trump Campaign
She used to be the District Attorney of the neighboring county i. Want to get her reaction to this. This is something weve never seen before in the history of american prosecutions. Georgia has never seen it, and i just want to get her feeling about what the impact of it is. Yeah, i mean, funny willis is not issued an indictment against on trump and hes already using everything at his disposal to undermine her and threatened her. So this is absolutely tara incognito it should not go under noticed or under discussed. I will be watching. Thank, you alex. I want to begin tonight with a special word to and about don trumps criminal defenders, all of whom are offered a Standing Invitation to appear on this program at anytime. All of Donald Trumps Defense Lawyers have failed work spectacularly in the representation of donald trump than anything they have ever done in their professional lives because they have all failed at the most basic task, the first task, of a Criminal Defense Lawyer, wh
Can get better with specialized treatment, go to no cd id com to learn more im Jeremy Diamond in tel aviv, and this is cnn a legal win for donald trump and his codefendants in georgia. The judge dismissing six charges in the indictment against them in the election interference case. As a major your decision about whether fani willis can stay on as prosecutors still looms over all of it. And time might be up for tiktok, the house voting to ban the app if its chinese parent company, doesnt spin it off within six months. A huge bipartisan showing in the vote, but will it pass the senate . And what will President Biden do . Plus americans deployed to haiti, the pentagon sending marines to the embassy in a borne by violence. A nation on the edge of anarchy as politicians and gangs fight for power, were following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central one day after winning enough delegates to become the Presumptive Republican nominee for pre
Legislatures, asking state governors, asking State Elector officials to do the right thing. In fact, even asking Vice President pence was protected by free speech. Well, former Vice President pence did not dispute trumps right to ask. But he is once again drawing attention to what he was asked to do a day before january 6th, he came back as his lawyers did. He said we want you to launch those votes outright. They were asking me to overturn the election. I had no right to overturn the election. I know we did our duty that day. Well, the federal judge Tanya Chutkan in d. C. Has set a timeline for tomorrow at five pm when the trump team must respond if they object to the governments request for a protective order on evidence in this case, a request prompted by trumps activity on social media as of late, effectively setting up the first showdown of what is expected to be a protracted court battle. Now, the indictment remains the top story on the front pages of the New York Times and the wa